On any issue it’s a fairly safe bet that whatever the first explanation you hear from a Trump administration official is it will be a lie.

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Kathryn Ruemmler, Goldman Sachs top lawyer who resigned “because of her connections with Epstein,” received a total compensation package of approximately $22.5 million for 2024. That was not punishment, but an exit strategy. See how capitalism works for the rich. The goal is to leave with the money

A British coroner’s court on Wednesday ruled that a 23-year-old woman who was shot to death by her father while on vacation in Texas last year was killed “unlawfully,” a finding that came after a Texas grand jury decided last year not to indict him.

Last night the FAA closed the air space over El Paso and New Orleans to 17,000 feet for 10 days, citing unspecified security concerns.

Last night the FAA closed the air space over El Paso to 17,000 feet for 10 days, citing unspecified security concerns.

There is an enormous lesson in the struggle for the abolition of slavery in the United States. In my opinion we have not yet learned it. There is one race of humans, only one. This fact should be an unspoken principle of every aspect of government

“We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleansing.” Timothy Snyder

“If a picture wasn't going very well, I'd put a puppy in it." Norman Rockwell Born – February 3, 1894

Trump attorney now DOJ second in charge, Todd Blanche speaking to Trump appearing roughly 38,000 times across more than 5,000 documents in the partial release. “It’s not a crime to party with Jeffrey Epstein.”

“The reason the all-American boy prefers beauty over brains is that the all-American boy can see better than he can think. " Farrah Fawcett

Have you ever tried blindfold archery? You don't know what you're missing.

After Pam Bondi requested Minnesota’s voter data, MN officials reportedly sent her exactly 1% of their records with it all blacked out and a note on the top of every page that says, “Most transparent state government ever.”

Watched trump’s Davos speech. He actually believes he’d be remembered as a great and good man if he just made the US bigger.

trump provoking a a world war and a civil war while demanding a Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most stunning mental dislocations I have seen since 1933 Germany.

As they watch the US flail, here are some of the ways our competitors are refocusing. pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

It has been four days. Where is the bodycam imagery? Filed with the Epstein papers perhaps?

I recall of testimony by Fiona Hill during the 2019 trump impeachment concerning spheres of influence (Monroe Doctrine). As I remember, Hill discussed an understanding between Putin and trump concerning US and Russia primacy in Venezuela and Ukraine respectively. Can some one help me out?

"Some days before the fights begin, I think I'll let the dragons win, but then again perhaps I won't because they're dragons and I don't." AA Milne “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten" Neil Gaiman

Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor's race. It is like a breath of fresh air.

During your life someone will ask you to go on a raft trip. It is very important you say yes.

There are now 2,900 billionaires in the world, and they are worth a collective $15.8 trillion. The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion. Trickle-down economics was always a scam.

This whole life thing is an interruption from not existing.

Someone explain to me why interdiction is not a more efficient annd effective enforcement strategy than blowing drug traffickers out of the water. Explain it to me like I am an experienced drug enforcement leader. Keep I’m mind I may have other questions. You can skip the b*llshit.

Walmart is giving away free turkeys to anyone who can outrun security.

I’d rather be a bit too liberal and open minded than whatever happened to nearly half of this country.

Past time to choose. You are for America or you are for trump. Silence is a choice.

Word on the street is that within the last week Republicans leaders have had one or more closed door meetings with trump to inform him the party will no longer support him on the Epstein issue as it is simply too radioactive. Shades of Nixon.

People who are progressive and constructive and kind are fundamentally different from people who are regressive and destructive and evil. More coffee please.

Metaphors be with you.

Public “Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences." Robert Louis Stevenson

The book titles practically write themselves: “The President Who Could Only Lie, and the Liars Who Supported Him” - “The Tariff Thief, and the People Who Supported Him” - “The President Who Raped Children, and the People Who Supported Him” - “Mein Kampf, the Resurrection”.

rump & bibi are leading their respective countries for the same simple reason - to stay out of jail.

A trillion is a thousand billion.

Turns out pedophilia, concentration camps, and tariffs aren’t a winning platform.

…and this is why I like the New York Times. “While Mr. Bush eventually asserted his authority and Mr. Cheney’s influence declined by the second term, the image of him as a Machiavellian paterfamilias was never quite dispelled.” “Machiavellian paterfamilias” oh my

trump should not invade Venezuela or Nigeria. SNAP benefits should be restored immediately. Members of Congress who do not return and perform their work should be fired. Are there any other issues I need to take care of this morning?

AI-related spending now contributes more to the nation’s GDP growth than all consumer spending combined.

Say BOO to a fascist today.

This is a big deal. The 2-1 decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which would permit the trump administration to send the National Guard into Portland is vacated. The case will be re-heard by all 11 of the 9th Circuit Court Judges.

We have two lives. The second begins when you realize you have only one.

In one sense it is a kind of superpower that trump can lie to our faces and a certain segment of the people will believe him. The trump lie is direct and dark. Everyone sees it, whether they acknowledge it or not. Now is the time to walk toward the light.

The value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies dropped 11% in the first half of this year, the biggest decline in more than 50 years.

The federal government is presently completely dysfunctional. It serves no practical purpose.

Credit where credit is due. We await the completion of further steps. We await a lasting secure two state solution.

There may be some additional unpacking to be done in connection with the Maria Corina Machado Nobel peace prize. It seems that perhaps these days nothing is as it seems.

After Niels Bohr was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1922 the Carlsberg brewery in Copenhagen installed a direct line to his house, which was next door, to provide him with free beer for life. He lived 40 more years passing away in 1962.